Fiona Harvey is environment correspondent for the UK Guardian (see: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/jun/06/natural-gas-climate-change-no-panacea ).
Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent for the UK Guardian (2011): “Natural gas is not the "panacea" to solve climate change that fossil fuel industry lobbyists have been claiming, according to new research from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Gas is likely to make up about one-quarter of the world's energy supply by 2035, according to the study, but that would lead the world to a 3.5C temperature rise. At such a level, global warming could run out of control, deserts would take over in southern Africa, Australia and the western US, and sea level rises could engulf small island states.” [1].
[1]. Fiona Harvey, “Natural gas is no climate change “panacea”, warns IEA”, Guardian, 6 June 2011: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/jun/06/natural-gas-climate-change-no-panacea .